$800K bail for gunman in shooting of bartender caught on video

Surveillance video of a shooting at a tavern in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct. 2, 2013.

Surveillance video of a shooting at a tavern in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Oct. 2, 2013.

Peter NickeasTribune reporter

Surveillance video shows a gunman walking up to a bartender outside a Little Village bar and firing twice, then running down the street as a police car pulls up.

Officers chased the suspect down an alley and through yards and caught him about two blocks away, near 23rd and Rockwell streets, just before midnight Wednesday. Police say they found a gun and its magazine along the way.

The bartender, a 29-year-old man, was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital with wounds to the abdomen and groin.

Cameras at the bar caught the shooting from several angles. Video shows a young man wearing a flat-brimmed baseball cap stepping out of a car in the alley north of Lorraine’s Lounge at the corner of 24th Street and Washtenaw Avenue. The hat’s logo and colors are often used by a gang that fights for turf with a gang claiming the part of Little Village where the bar is located.

In the video, the man walks south on Washtenaw, next to the bar, and briefly turns east onto 24th Street. After he turns the corner, the bartender steps out under an air conditioner and immediately ducks back inside as the young man rushes up, points a black handgun and opens fire.

Authorities charged 27-year-old Adolfo Zuniga, of the 2900 block of West 25th Place, with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and said he is the man seen on the video firing toward the bartender.

On Friday, a judge set bail for Zuniga at $800,000, according to the Cook County sheriff's office. Zuniga is slated to appear in court again on Oct. 9, according to the sheriff's office.

As the man is shooting, an Ogden District police car pulls up at the intersection. The driver and another officer jump out and draw their guns, squatting behind cars as they move toward the shooter.

As police chase after the gunman, the bartender's girlfriend runs to the bar with a small dog. She had been walking toward the bar and saw the shooting happen.

Police confirmed the man wearing the baseball cap was taken into custody.